LawWorks Pro Bono Awards 2013
Join us for the LawWorks Pro Bono Awards 2013 to celebrate the best legal pro bono activities undertaken by organisations and individuals and the positive impact they have had on those helped.
The 2013 awards will be hosted by the Royal College of Surgeons on the 19th June.
Tickets are £75 and tables are divided into guests of 10. Contact Anne Monk if you would like to know more about buying tickets: anne.monk@lawworks.org.uk
Shortlist
Our panel of trustees has completed its shortlisting process and the shortlists have been passed to the judges. The shortlisted candidates according to category are:
1) Best contribution by a law firm
- Milbank
- Dentons
- DLA Piper
2) Best contribution by an in-house team / other member organisation
- South Lakeland District Council
- EE
3) Best contribution by an individual
- Sejal Karavadra (DBS Law)
- Richard Cameron (Shearman and Sterling)
- Sean Gabbitas (Toynbee Hall)
- Nicola Hartley (South Lakeland District Council)
4) Best contribution by a regional firm / organisation
- South Lakeland District Council
- Mills and Reeve
- Shoosmiths
5) Best partnership in Pro Bono
- The Dalston Pop-Up Clinic (BPP Law School, Debevoise & Plimpton, Faegre Baker Daniels and Hackney Community Law Centre)
- St Hilda's East Community Centre (Berwin Leighton Paisner, DLA Piper and Hill Dickinson)
- Battersea Legal Advice Centre (Simmons & Simmons, Allen & Overy, Eversheds, Weil Gotshal Manges, Radcliffes Le Brasseur, K & L Gates and Clifford Chance)
6) Best partner level engagement in a law firm
- Alan Banes (HowardKennedyfsi)
- Edward Murray (Allen and Overy)
- Jonathan Naylor (Shoosmiths)
7) Best contribution by a pro bono coordinator
- Rebecca Greenhalgh (Debevoise and Plimpton)
- Paul Yates (Freshfields)
- Tanya Squires (Dechert)
Junior Lawyers Division Pro Bono Award
The Junior Lawyers Division Pro Bono Award is intended to recognise the pro bono work undertaken by any trainees and qualified solicitors less than 5 years PQE. The award will be presented at the LawWorks awards winner. The shortlisted candidates are:
- Gemma Boore (Edwards Wildman)
- Kate Lowndes (Hedges Law)
- Jennifer Dalby and Rebecca Green (Mills and Reeve)
National Pro Bono Centre Award
The inaugral National Pro Bono Centre Award will be presented at the annual LawWorks Awards Dinner which will be held on 19th June 2013. The shortlisted candidates are:
- The WRU / Cardiff University Legal Advice Scheme
- Christopher Hames
- Oxford County Court Duty Clinic
Previous awards
Please click the links on the menu bar on the left for further information and details of previous award winners.
Judges
This year's nominations will be judged by an independent panel comprising:
Grant Dawson, General Counsel at Centrica plc and Chair of the GC 100

Diana Good, former Linklaters partner and chair of the Mary Ward Settlement
Sir Ross Cranston, High Court Judge and former Solicitor General for England and Wales